Single Sign On - Patient Context Sharing Standard

Patient context sharing is the sharing of clinical information across applications so that specific content for a given patient can be immediately displayed without having to reselect it within each application.

This standard allows you to benefit from these two processes and access a range of ehealth solutions including the ConnectingOntario ClinicalViewer and Ontario Telemedicine Network portal.

Scope v1.4

The single sign on/patient context sharing standard is based on the OASIS* SAML** version 2 specification with additional, custom attributes to support the eHealth Ontario single sign on model. SAML is a standard format, used in federated systems for the purpose of exchanging authentication data.

SAML architecture contains:

• Profile – context around type of operation being performed
• Bindings – details governing how a transaction will proceed
• Protocol – which informs the type of transaction being performed
• Assertions – details about the user including how they were authenticated.

* OASIS is the organization for the advancement of structured information standards.

**SAML is the security assertion markup language standard, which defines a framework for exchanging security information between online business partners.